Usually it means that the file changed while rsync was running. But it can also mean that a hardware problem (usually RAM) is causing the hashing to return bogus results.
On 6/3/19 6:09 AM, sambalist--- via rsync wrote: > Hi there! > > On a daily backup script, I am getting a lot of these messages: > > WARNING: <filename> -- update retained (will try again). > > I've tried googling, but i can't figure out what these messages exactly > mean and how i can solve them. > > Any hint? > > Thank you > > Gabriele > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: https://sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,
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